U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn will debate climate change with TV scientist Bill Nye this Sunday on "Meet the Press."
NBC News says that Blackburn, R-Brentwood, and the former host of "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" will dig in on topics such as... Read more

State Sen. Jim Tracy, R-Shelbyville, says he wasn't persuaded by a political supporter to introduce a budget amendment that would deny state funding for The Amp bus rapid transit project in 2014.
Tracy categorically denied to reporters t... Read more

The name Haslam is English. But the Tennessee governor of that name will be eating dry-aged rib eye beef and American Osetra caviar with the president of France tonight.
Gov. Bill Haslam and his wife, Crissy, are on the guest list for to... Read more

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander's campaign says in a memo that went out Tuesday afternoon that the two-term Tennessee Republican holds a three-to-one edge over his closest opponent in the Republican primary.
According to polling from North Sta... Read more

State Rep. Mike Turner has a tip for the Office of the Repealer: check into repealing itself.
The House Democratic Caucus chairman has filed a request with the Office of the Repealer -- the state office that reviews state offices for red... Read more

State Senate candidate Mary Mancini has won the endorsement of the Service Employees International Union Local 205 chapter, her campaign said Tuesday.
"We are proud to support a pro-worker, pro-union candidate like Mary Mancini to repres... Read more

Kristopher Gore, a distant relative of former Vice President Al Gore, announced Friday he will run as a Democrat in state House District 43.
Gore is a former aide to state Rep. John Mark Windle and now works at Edd Rogers Automotive in M... Read more

U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn plans to speak at a New Hampshire conference that a watcher of Granite State politics describes as a "GOP presidential preview."
Blackburn has agreed to appear at the "Freedom Summit," an event in April organiz... Read more

A bill described as a firewall against Obamacare in Tennessee could wipe out the state budget, an analysis released Monday by legislative analysts suggests.
The legislature's Fiscal Review Committee, number crunchers who gauge the impact... Read more